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Equipment
Wattage of charging station
Last activity 22 hours 17 minutes
I recently received a portable charging station. It can charge equipment with up to 65 watts. Anyone know the wattage of the Heart Mate 3 wall unit or charging station? Thanks.
Clothing Options
HeartMate 3
Last activity 1 week 4 days
Hello everyone, I hope your all doing well and looking forward to the new year. Unfortunately, I lost my husband on Christmas Day. But his the getting the LVAD gave us so much more time to spend with him and make some incredible memories and we will be forever grateful and miss him dearly. I was...
Research Participation Opportunities
Understanding Daily Lives of LVAD Patients and Caregivers
Last activity 1 month 1 week
Hi all, I’m sharing below a research opportunity for patients and caregivers. My colleague Mireille is a PhD student at NYU Meyers College of Nursing and currently doing her dissertation research study. The goal would be to understand how patients and caregivers manage their lives in the context of...
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HOMEMADE LVAD SHIRTS
Last activity 3 months
I asked my husband who has a Heartmate 3 to dig out ten old t shirts he will still wear. THis is all he used to wear so he is comfortable in them. Then I got donations of old t shirts from our children and cut them up to make pockets to go on his old t shirts. I sew two pockets under the arms and...
